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Es4M11 Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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1 hour ago, owknows said:

They gave you a winning record. A stacked farm. Graduating superstars. And the promise of a bright future.

Quit whining about Santa not bringing you a pony.

What a joke. Like the farm system isn't the result of being the absolute worst team in baseball over the past 5 seasons, and the resulting draft capital that brought.

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1 minute ago, orioles119 said:

Ummm... isn't this a validation of his point?

I would disagree. To act like the current state of the farm system is the sole result of Mike Elias' talent and ability as a GM is flat out disingenuous. This guy has had two #1, #2, #5 and all the bonus pool money that goes with it.

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14 minutes ago, Es4M11 said:

What a joke. Like the farm system isn't the result of being the absolute worst team in baseball over the past 5 seasons, and the resulting draft capital that brought.

Perhaps it has escaped your attention that the Orioles employed a STRATEGY of accumulating draft capital. And that this was not accidental.

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1 minute ago, owknows said:

Perhaps it has escaped your attention that the Orioles employed a STRATEGY of accumulating draft capital. And that this was not accidental.

yes, there strategy was lose as many games as possible. Not exactly novel, and not exactly hard to do.

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1 minute ago, owknows said:

Perhaps it has escaped your attention that the Orioles employed a STRATEGY of accumulating draft capital. And that this was not accidental.

Let's be clear.

They didn't plan on getting the first 1-1 pick and odds are pretty good they couldn't have done much better than 1-2 if they tried the next year.

That strategy is also no longer possible going forward.

There is also the matter of the strategy being hugely profitable for owners leading me to wonder which was the actual primary goal.

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7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Let's be clear.

They didn't plan on getting the first 1-1 pick and odds are pretty good they couldn't have done much better than 1-2 if they tried the next year.

That strategy is also no longer possible going forward.

There is also the matter of the strategy being hugely profitable for owners leading me to wonder which was the actual primary goal.

The point is that the organization made a strategic decision to improve their draft capital by performing poorly for several years. This was painful for fans to endure. But endure it they did.

It would have been possible to suffer that pain, and have built a terrible farm system anyway. By drafting poorly and squandering the gains. Many if not most tanking teams do.

The Orioles did not. They built a sound farm. Strategically.

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2 hours ago, owknows said:

They gave you a winning record. A stacked farm. Graduating superstars. And the promise of a bright future.

Quit whining about Santa not bringing you a pony.

No one is this obtuse unless they work for, or are related to, the Orioles owners.  You are absurd. 

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